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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-17884 · published 2 October 2018

CVE-2018-17884: Gwolle guestbook project gwolle guestbook cross-site scripting vulnerability

GGwolle Guestbook Project · Gwolle Guestbook

XSS exists in admin/gb-dashboard-widget.php in the Gwolle Guestbook (gwolle-gb) plugin before 2.5.4 for WordPress via the PATH_INFO to wp-admin/index.php

6.1 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 1.2% · top 32.7% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
1.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

XSS exists in admin/gb-dashboard-widget.php in the Gwolle Guestbook (gwolle-gb) plugin before 2.5.4 for WordPress via the PATH_INFO to wp-admin/index.php

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.defensecode.com/advisories/DC-2018-05-008_WordPress_Gwolle_Guestbook_Plugin_Advisory.pdf ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Jul/74 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/gwolle-gb/#developers Third Party Advisory
http://www.defensecode.com/advisories/DC-2018-05-008_WordPress_Gwolle_Guestbook_Plugin_Advisory.pdf ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Jul/74 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/gwolle-gb/#developers Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-17884), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.